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2012 New York Mets
Major league affiliations
National League (since 1962) Eastern Division (since 1969)
Location
Citi Field (since 2009) New York, New York (since 1962)
2012 information
Owner(s)	Fred Wilpon
Manager(s)	Terry Collins
Local television	SportsNet New York WPIX (CW affiliate) (Gary Cohen, Ron Darling, Keith Hernandez, Ralph Kiner)
Local radio	WFAN (English) (Howie Rose, Josh Lewin, Ed Coleman) WQBU-FM (Spanish) (Juan Alicea, Max Perez Jiminez)
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The New York Mets' 2012 season is the franchise's 51st season and its fourth at Citi Field. The Mets look to improve on their 2011 campaign, in which they won 77 games, by making the playoffs.

Contents

1 Offseason
2 Regular season
3 Current roster
4 Player stats
- 4.1 Batting
- 4.2 Pitching
5 References
6 External links

Offseason

Shortly after the 2011 season ended, the Mets made changes to their coaching staff, keeping only pitching coach Dan Warthen and hitting coach Dave Hudgens. 3rd base coach Chip Hale went to the Oakland Athletics to join manager Bob Melvin.^[1] General Manager Sandy Alderson said that the "changes were necessary for us to move forward."^[2] Former A's manager Bob Geren was named to replace Hale.^[3]

New additions will improve the depth of the bullpen, that was known to be sub-par in relief in the 2011 season.^[4] They added relievers Ramon Ramirez,and Frank Francisco, who will be the closer, in exchange for the starting centerfielder Angel Pagan. They also added John Rauch, who is the tallest current player in the MLB, and will be the set-up man for Francisco.

For 2012, the Mets made several construction changes to Citi Field's dimensions. In center field a new 8 foot wall was built in front of the 16 foot wall, coined by fans as,"The Great Wall of Flushing."^[5] In right field a new wall in front of the existing Mo's Zone was also built.

The Mets have overhauled their uniforms for 2012. The cream colored pinstriped uniform is now the primary home uniform, while the snow white uniforms serves as the alternate home uniform. The black drop-shadows have been removed from the pinstriped, snow white and road gray jerseys and the black two toned cap has been retired. The black jersey and all black cap will only be worn on a limited basis on the road and will be retired at the end of the season. The Mets will wear two patches, one commemorating the team's 50th anniversary and another honoring Gary Carter, who died of brain cancer on February 16, 2012.^[6]

Regular season

The Mets began their 2012 season with a surprising three-game sweep of the Atlanta Braves. The Mets outscored the Braves 12 to 6 in the series. During that series, Frank Francisco became the third player in Major League history to record a save in every game of a season-opening series of three or more games. following Derrick Turnbow of the Milwaukee Brewers in 2006 and Salomon Torres of the Pittsburgh Pirates in 2007.^[7]

On June 1st, Johan Santana made club history by becoming the first Mets pitcher to throw a no-hitter in an 8-0 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals.

Season standings

v t e NL East	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Washington Nationals	29	21	.580	—	15–8	14–13
Miami Marlins	29	22	.569	½	16–10	13–12
New York Mets	28	23	.549	1½	16–11	12–12
Atlanta Braves	28	24	.538	2	12–11	16–13
Philadelphia Phillies	27	25	.519	3	11–13	16–12

v t e NL Wild Card	W	L	Pct.	GB	Home	Road
Miami Marlins	28	22	.560	-	15-10	13-12
New York Mets	28	22	.560	-	16-10	12–12
St. Louis Cardinals	27	23	.540	1	13-11	14-12
San Francisco Giants	27	23	.540	1	14-10	13-13
Atlanta Braves	27	24	.529	1½	11-11	16-13
Philadelphia Phillies	26	25	.510	2½	11-13	15-12
Pittsburgh Pirates	24	25	.490	3½	15-11	9-14
Houston Astros	22	27	.449	5½	16-10	6-17
Arizona Diamondbacks	22	28	.440	6	10–15	12–13
Milwaukee Brewers	21	28	.429	6½	11-13	10-15
Colorado Rockies	19	29	.383	8	11–14	8–15
Chicago Cubs	17	32	.347	10½	11-15	6-17
San Diego Padres	17	34	.333	11½	12–16	5–18

Note that teams not listed in the Wild Card standings are currently leading their division and that the top two teams earn a Wild Card berth.

Record vs. opponents

Team	ARI	ATL	CHC	CIN	COL	HOU	LAD	MIA	MIL	NYM	PHI	PIT	SD	SF	STL	WSH	AL
Arizona	–	1–3	0–0	0–0	2–3	0–0	2–3	3–1	2–1	1–2	1–2	1–2	2–1	5–4	0–3	1–2	2–1
Atlanta	3–1	–	1–2	1–5	3–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	3–0	2–4	1–2	2–2	0–0	0–0	5–1	0–3	2–1
Chicago	0–0	2–1	–	2–3	0–0	0–3	2–1	0–3	2–5	0–0	2–4	0–3	3–0	0–0	4–4	1–2	0–3
Cincinnati	0–0	5–1	3–2	–	2–1	2–1	0–0	2–1	2–1	1–1	0–0	3–3	0–0	2–1	2–4	2–5	2–1
Colorado	3–2	0–3	0–0	1–2	–	5–2	2–4	1–2	2–1	1–2	0–0	1–2	3–3	2–3	0–0	0–0	0–3
Houston	0–0	1–2	3–0	1–2	2–5	–	2–4	2–4	3–2	3–0	0–2	1–2	0–0	0–0	2–1	1–3	1–2
Los Angeles	3–2	1–2	1–2	0–0	4–2	4–2	–	0–0	1–6	0–0	0–0	3–0	7–2	2–1	3–0	3–0	0–0
Miami	1–3	1–1	3–0	1–2	2–1	4–2	0–0	–	0–0	2–4	1–2	1–1	3–0	5–2	0–1	3–2	2–1
Milwaukee	1–2	0–3	5–2	1–2	1–2	2–3	6–1	0–0	–	1–1	0–0	0–0	1–2	2–4	2–4	0–0	1–2
New York	2–1	4–2	0–0	1–1	2–1	0–3	0–0	4–2	1–1	–	6–3	2–1	3–1	1–3	0–0	1–2	1–2
Philadelphia	2–1	2–1	4–2	0–0	0–0	2–0	0–0	2–1	0–0	3–6	–	1–2	4–3	1–2	3–1	2–4	1–2
Pittsburgh	2–1	2–2	3–0	3–3	2–1	2–1	0–3	1–1	0–0	1–2	2–1	–	0–0	1–2	2–4	3–2	1–2
San Diego	1–2	0–0	0–3	0–0	3–3	0–0	2–7	0–3	2–1	1–3	3–4	0–0	–	1–2	0–3	2–3	2–1
San Francisco	4–5	0–0	0–0	1–2	3–2	0–0	1–2	2–5	4–2	3–1	2–1	2–1	2–1	–	1–1	0–0	2–1
St. Louis	3–0	1–5	4–4	4–2	0–0	1–2	0–3	1–0	4–2	0–0	1–3	4–2	3–0	1–1	–	0–0	0–0
Washington	2–1	3–0	2–1	5–2	0–0	3–1	0–3	2–3	0–0	2–1	4–2	2–3	3–2	0–0	0–0	–	1–2

Source: MLB Standings Grid

Game log

Legend
	Mets win
	Mets loss
	Postponement
Bold	Mets team member

2012 Game Log

April (13–10)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Box/Streak
1	April 5	Braves	1–0	Ramírez (1–0)	Hanson (0–1)	Francisco (1)	42,080	1–0	W1
2	April 7	Braves	4–2	Dickey (1–0)	Jurrjens (0–1)	Francisco (2)	39,526	2–0	W2
3	April 8	Braves	7–5	Niese (1–0)	Minor (0–1)	Francisco (3)	27,855	3–0	W3
4	April 9	Nationals	4–3	Rauch (1–0)	Rodríguez (0–1)		23,970	4–0	W4
5	April 10	Nationals	2–6	Detwiler (1–0)	Gee (0–1)		26,927	4–1	L1
6	April 11	Nationals	0–4	Strasburg (1–0)	Santana (0–1)		34,614	4–2	L2
7	April 13	@ Phillies	5–2	Dickey (2–0)	Lee (0–1)		45,429	5–2	W1
8	April 14	@ Phillies	5–0	Niese (2–0)	Worley (0–1)		45,750	6–2	W2
9	April 15	@ Phillies	2–8	Hamels (1–1)	Ramírez (1–1)		45,829	6–3	L1
10	April 16	@ Braves	6–1	Gee (1–1)	Hanson (1–2)		16,161	7–3	W1
11	April 17	@ Braves	3–9	Delgado (2–0)	Santana (0–2)		18,732	7–4	L1
12	April 18	@ Braves	6–14	Martínez (1–0)	Dickey (2–1)		17,909	7–5	L2
13	April 20	Giants	3–4 (10)	Romo (1–0)	Francisco (0–1)	Hensley (1)	30,544	7–6	L3
14	April 21	Giants	5–4	Rauch (2–0)	Hensley (1–1)		33,844	8–6	W1
--	April 22	Giants	Game Postponed (rain) (to be made up as a doubleheader on 4/23)
15	April 23	Giants	1–6	Lincecum (1–2)	Batista (0–1)			8–7	L1
16	April 23	Giants	2–7	Bumgarner (3–1)	Gee (1–2)		23,866	8–8	L2
17	April 24	Marlins	2–1	Rauch (3–0)	Mujica (0–2)	Francisco (4)	20,192	9–8	W1
18	April 25	Marlins	5–1	Dickey (3–1)	Buehrle (1–3)		20,623	10–8	W2
19	April 26	Marlins	3–2	Ramírez (2–1)	Bell (0–3)		20,660	11–8	W3
20	April 27	@ Rockies	9–18	Reynolds (3–0)	Acosta (0–1)		35,103	11–9	L1
21	April 28	@ Rockies	7–5	Gee (2–2)	Moscoso (0–1)	Francisco (5)	38,798	12–9	W1
22	April 29	@ Rockies	6–5 (11)	Francisco (1–1)	Belisle (1–2)	Ramírez (1)	36,690	13–9	W2
23	April 30	@ Astros	3–4	Rodriguez (1–3)	Acosta (0–2)	Myers (5)	17,536	13–10	L1

May (15–13)

#	Date	Opponent	Score	Win	Loss	Save	Attendance	Record	Report
24	May 1	@ Astros	3–6	Happ (2–1)	Niese (2–1)	Myers (6)	17,958	13–11	L2
25	May 2	@ Astros	1–8	Rodríguez (3–2)	Schwinden (0–1)		19,442	13–12	L3
26	May 4	Diamondbacks	4–5	Ziegler (1–1)	Rauch (3–1)	Putz (6)	26,995	13–13	L4
27	May 5	Diamondbacks	4–3	Santana (1–2)	Corbin (1–1)	Francisco (6)	30,253	14–13	W1
28	May 6	Diamondbacks	3–1	Dickey (4–1)	Cahill (2–3)	Francisco (7)	29,107	15–13	W2
29	May 7	@ Phillies	5–2	Byrdak (1–0)	Papelbon (0–1)	Francisco (8)	44,365	16–13	W3
30	May 8	@ Phillies	7–4	Acosta (1–2)	Qualls (1–1)	Rauch (1)	43,821	17–13	W4
31	May 9	@ Phillies	10–6	Byrdak (2–0)	Kendrick (0–3)		43,840	18–13	W5
32	May 11	@ Marlins	5–6	Bell (1–3)	Francisco (1–2)		31,007	18–14	L1
33	May 12	@ Marlins	9–3	Dickey (5–1)	Nolasco (4–1)		32,128	19–14	W1
34	May 13	@ Marlins	4–8	Bell (2–3)	Francisco (1–3)		26,401	19–15	L1
35	May 14	Brewers	3–1	Batista (1–1)	Gallardo (2–4)	Francisco (9)	20,061	20–15	W1
36	May 15	Brewers	0–8	Greinke (4–1)	Gee (2–3)		22,268	20–16	L1
37	May 16	Reds	3–6	Arredondo (3–1)	Rauch (3–2)	Marshall (7)	22,659	20–17	L2
38	May 17	Reds	9–4	Parnell (1–0)	Ondrusek (3–1)		29,943	21–17	W1
39	May 18	@ Blue Jays	5–14	Romero (5–1)	Niese (2–2)		26,712	21–18	L1
40	May 19	@ Blue Jays	0–2	Morrow (5–2)	Hefner (0–1)		34,962	21–19	L2
41	May 20	@ Blue Jays	6–5	Gee (3–3)	Álvarez (3–4)	Francisco (10)	41,867	22–19	W1
42	May 21	@ Pirates	4–5	Hughes (1–0)	Rauch (3–3)	Hanrahan (10)	14,556	22–20	L1
43	May 22	@ Pirates	3–2	Dickey (6–1)	Cruz (1–1)	Francisco (11)	15,794	23–20	W1
44	May 23	@ Pirates	3–1	Niese (3–2)	Morton (2–5)	Francisco (12)	25,731	24–20	W2
45	May 24	Padres	5–11	Stults (1–0)	Hefner (0–2)		24,109	24–21	L1
46	May 25	Padres	6–1	Gee (4–3)	Bass (2–5)		24,498	25–21	W1
47	May 26	Padres	9–0	Santana (2–2)	Richard (2–6)		28,745	26–21	W2
48	May 27	Padres	2–0	Dickey (7–1)	Volquez (2–5)	Francisco (13)	28,361	27–21	W3
49	May 28	Phillies	4–8	Hamels (8–1)	Parnell (1–1)		32,122	27–22	L1
50	May 29	Phillies	6–3	Hefner (1–2)	Blanton (4–5)	Francisco (14)	25,487	28–22	W1
51	May 30	Phillies	6–10	Bastardo (2–1)	Rauch (3–4)		30,064	28–23	L1

June (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
52	June 1	Cardinals
53	June 2	Cardinals
54	June 3	Cardinals
55	June 4	Cardinals
56	June 5	@ Nationals
57	June 6	@ Nationals
58	June 7	@ Nationals
59	June 8	@ Yankees
60	June 9	@ Yankees
61	June 10	@ Yankees
62	June 12	@ Rays
63	June 13	@ Rays
64	June 14	@ Rays
65	June 15	Reds
66	June 16	Reds
67	June 17	Reds
68	June 18	Orioles
69	June 19	Orioles
70	June 20	Orioles
71	June 22	Yankees
72	June 23	Yankees
73	June 24	Yankees
74	June 25	@ Cubs
75	June 26	@ Cubs
76	June 27	@ Cubs
77	June 28	@ Dodgers
78	June 29	@ Dodgers
79	June 30	@ Dodgers

July (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
80	July 1	@ Dodgers
81	July 3	Phillies
82	July 4	Phillies
83	July 5	Phillies
84	July 6	Cubs
85	July 7	Cubs
86	July 8	Cubs
–	July 10	2012 Major League Baseball All-Star Game in Kansas City, Missouri
87	July 13	@ Braves
88	July 14	@ Braves
89	July 15	@ Braves
90	July 17	@ Nationals
91	July 18	@ Nationals
92	July 19	@ Nationals
93	July 20	Dodgers
94	July 21	Dodgers
95	July 22	Dodgers
96	July 23	Nationals
97	July 24	Nationals
98	July 25	Nationals
99	July 26	@ Diamondbacks
100	July 27	@ Diamondbacks
101	July 28	@ Diamondbacks
102	July 29	@ Diamondbacks
103	July 30	@ Giants
104	July 31	@ Giants

August (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
105	August 1	@ Giants
106	August 2	@ Giants
107	August 3	@ Padres
108	August 4	@ Padres
109	August 5	@ Padres
110	August 7	Marlins
111	August 8	Marlins
112	August 9	Marlins
113	August 10	Braves
114	August 11	Braves
115	August 12	Braves
116	August 14	@ Reds
117	August 15	@ Reds
118	August 16	@ Reds
119	August 17	@ Nationals
120	August 18	@ Nationals
121	August 19	@ Nationals
122	August 20	Rockies
123	August 21	Rockies
124	August 22	Rockies
125	August 23	Rockies
126	August 24	Astros
127	August 25	Astros
128	August 26	Astros
129	August 28	@ Phillies
130	August 29	@ Phillies
131	August 30	@ Phillies
132	August 31	@ Marlins

September (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
133	September 1	@ Marlins
134	September 2	@ Marlins
135	September 3	@ Cardinals
136	September 4	@ Cardinals
137	September 5	@ Cardinals
138	September 7	Braves
139	September 8	Braves
140	September 9	Braves
141	September 10	Nationals
142	September 11	Nationals
143	September 12	Nationals
144	September 14	@ Brewers
145	September 15	@ Brewers
146	September 16	@ Brewers
147	September 17	Phillies
148	September 18	Phillies
149	September 19	Phillies
150	September 21	Marlins
151	September 22	Marlins
152	September 23	Marlins
153	September 24	Pirates
154	September 25	Pirates
155	September 26	Pirates
156	September 27	Pirates
157	September 28	@ Braves
158	September 29	@ Braves
159	September 30	@ Braves

October (0–0)

#	Date	Opponent
160	October 1	@ Marlins
161	October 2	@ Marlins
162	October 3	@ Marlins

Current roster

New York Mets roster

Active roster

Inactive roster

Coaches/Other

Pitchers

Starting rotation

Bullpen

40 Tim Byrdak
61 Jack Egbert
39 Bobby Parnell
62 Elvin Ramírez
52 Ramón Ramírez
60 Jon Rauch

Closer

48 Frank Francisco

Catchers

4 Mike Nickeas
30 Josh Thole

Infielders

Outfielders

Pitchers

Catchers

16 Rob Johnson

Infielders

Outfielders

Manager

10 Terry Collins

Coaches

25 Ricky Bones (bullpen)
7 Bob Geren (bench)
26 Tom Goodwin (first base)
51 Dave Hudgens (hitting)
79 Dave Racaniello (bullpen catcher)
18 Tim Teufel (third base)
59 Dan Warthen (pitching)

60-day disabled list

27 Pedro Beato
34 Mike Pelfrey

25 Active, 15 Inactive

7- or 15-day disabled list
^† Suspended list
^# Personal leave
Roster updated June 1, 2012
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Player stats

Batting

Note: G = Games played; AB = At Bats; R = Runs scored; H = Hits; 2B = Doubles; 3B = Triples; HR = Home Runs; RBI = Runs Batted In; SB = Stolen Bases; BB = Base on Balls; K = Strike Outs AVG = Batting average;

Player	G	AB	R	H	2B	3B	HR	RBI	SB	BB	K	AVG

Pitching

Note: G = Games pitched; GS = Games started; W = Wins; L = Losses; SV = Saves; IP = Innings pitched; H = Hits; R = Runs; ER = Earned runs allowed; BB = Walks allowed; K = Strikeouts; ERA = Earned run average;

Player	G	GS	W	L	SV	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	ERA

References

^ Rubin, Adam (October 5, 2011). "Mets make changes to coaching staff". ESPNNewYork.com. http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7063734/new-york-mets-make-changes-coaching-staff-retain-two. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
^ Dicomo, Anthony (October 5, 2011). "Mets shake up coaching staff for 2012 season". MLB.com. Mets.MLB.com. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111005&content_id=25510464&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym. Retrieved October 7, 2011.
^ DiComo, Anthony (October 14, 2011). "Mets name Geren as bench coach". MLB.com. Mets.MLB.com. http://newyork.mets.mlb.com/news/article.jsp?ymd=20111014&content_id=25656886&vkey=news_nym&c_id=nym. Retrieved October 21, 2011.
^ http://www.newsday.com/sports/baseball/mets/mets-trade-angel-pagan-add-three-relievers-1.3371603?qr=1
^ http://www.nytimes.com/2012/04/04/sports/baseball/mets-hope-new-design-at-citi-field-increases-home-runs.html?_r=1
^ Rubin, Adam (February 25, 2012). "Mets will wear Gary Carter patch". ESPNNewYork.com. http://espn.go.com/new-york/mlb/story/_/id/7614745/new-york-mets-wear-patch-honor-gary-carter.
^ http://espn.go.com/espn/elias?date=20120409

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2012 MLB season by team

AL East	Baltimore Boston New York Tampa Bay Toronto

AL Central	Chicago Cleveland Detroit Kansas City Minnesota

AL West	Los Angeles Oakland Seattle Texas

NL East	Atlanta Miami New York Philadelphia Washington

NL Central	Chicago Cincinnati Houston Milwaukee Pittsburgh St. Louis

NL West	Arizona Colorado Los Angeles San Diego San Francisco

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Key personnel

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Retired numbers

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World Series championships

1969 • 1986

National League pennants

1969 • 1973 • 1986 • 2000

Other titles

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